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Barking Of Dog Saves Two From Death By Gas

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on January 23, 1922. Two young men living near Libertyville are overcome by the fumes. One Brought To Hospital.      The barking of a dog resulted in saving the lives of two young men near Libertyville early Saturday morning after they had been overcome by gas. Had […]

Carried Corpse Home

Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois, on September 3, 1909.      A spirit of affection or whatever it may be termed, took place a few days ago at the corner of Grand avenue and North Genesee street. It seems that an auto in its wild speed ran over and killed a Spitz dog […]

Dog Helps Foil Two Holdup Men

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on December 7, 1922.      Chicago, Dec. 7-An airdale pup helped his master, Casimer Kawecki in an attack upon two bandits who held up the Kawecki drug store here early today.      The dog bit one of the bandits while Kawecki fired six shots after them as […]

Dog Loved Him

Published in The Waukegan Daily-Sun and Gazette on December 26, 1922.      With his dog as sole companion, little eight-year-old Johnny Miller for three weeks slept in abandoned water tanks on the roofs of New York tenements and lived on bits of food offered by his school chums. His father was killed and his stepmother […]

Dog Finds Robbers’ Cache Of Jewelry

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on November 3, 1922.      Dallas, Tex., Nov. 3-G. W. Agar’s home, in Belmont Addition was recently burglarized, and many valued heirlooms and jewelry were stolen. Detectives were placed on the case, but no clue was discovered.      As Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Carnatcar were sitting […]

Wise? old Owl runs into burglar alarm

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on October 2, 1922.           By International News Service      Cincinnati, Oct. 2-An owl which flew into the open window of a law office on the ninth floor of the Carew Building gave rise to a burglar alarm, scared a night watchman half to death and finally […]

Brave Deed of a Dog

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on May 7, 1901.      Springfield, Illinois., May 7-A shepherd dog belonging to Arthur Sattley made a pitiful attempt Sunday to save the life of young Walter Watts Gard, who was drowned in a brick yard pond. Only the closing scene of the tragedy was witnessed. Just […]

This Dog Sold 100 farms

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on April 26, 1922. One of the most sagacious real estate agents in the United States is a collie dog, Laddie, belonging to E. A. Strout, of New York. Mr. Strout has sold more farms than anyone else in the county, but he admits that Laddie was […]